Diaper



July 3, 1928.

1,676,144 E. M. HOUSEKNECHT DIAPER Filed Spt. 25, 1925 3 Sheets-Sheet 1Jufly 3, 1928. 1,676,144

I E. M. HOUSEKNECHT DIAPER Filed Sept. 25, 1925 s Sheets-Sheet 2 3Sheets-Sheet attoz MAM July 3, 1928.

E. M. HOUSEKNECHT 'DIAPER Filed Sept; 23, 1925 fun I t Patented July 3,1928.

ELI M. nousn'xnncn'r, or rnuruuonn, WEST VIRGINIA.

Drama.

Application filed September 23, 1925. Serial No. 53,05i.

This invention relates to an improvement in diapers, which will have theadvantages of the ordinary napkin diaper now in common use and ofashape-to fit the body of a child like a pair ofdrawers.

The invention consists of certain novel features of construction andcombination of parts which will be hereinafter described and set forthin the claim.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure l is a view in front elevation showing the invention,

Figure 2 is a similar view in rear elevation' Figure 3 is a plan view ofthe invention of the inner side of the diaper;

Figure 4 is a similar view showing the pad applied; v

Figures 5 and 6 are sectlonal views of the pad 26. Fig. 7 is a sectionalvlew of pad 30.

The diaperor body portion 10 1s preferably made of canton flannel orsome similar material. The body portion 10 is wider at the top or waistportion 11 and gradually tapers downwardly toward the lower end 12. Thewaist portion 11 is provided with a button 13, at one endand a buttonhole 14 at the other,so that as the waist portion is placed about thebody of the infant the two edges will overlap and be fastened together.Located on the outer surface of the body 10 are buttons 15, 15 which arearranged practically over the hlp portions of the diaper.

The lower portion or extension 12 has two button holes 16, 16 on eachedge thereof in which the buttons 15, 15am received when the lowerportion 12 is folded or brought up between the legs of the infant andoverlies the ends of the waist portion 11.

The body portion 10 isprovided with an opening 17, preferably oval" inshape, in which is received a sack 18 of waterproof material. The sack18 is provided with snap fasteners 19 along its edges, and similarfasteners are attached to the body portion 10 around the edge of theopening 17, for engagement with the-fasteners of the sack for connectingthe sack to the body portion.

The body portion 10 is preferably constructed of two sections andstitched together at the inner'edges through the longitudinal center ofthe garment. The inner edges of the sections of the lower portion 12 arecut on a bias from the opening 17, so

and the fullness created by stitching the bias that when the lower endis attached to the waist portion 11 the sack 18 will beheld open forminga cavity or receptacle. The inner edges of the sections of the lowerportion or extension 12 are brought to ether so and stitched and in sodoing the centra portron of the garment will have a certain fullncsscausing the garment to be wrinkled when lyingflat as indicated clearlyin Figure 3. However, when the extension is folded upon and attached tothe waistportlon as indicated in Figures 1 and 2 the central portion of.the garment will be drawn inwardly into the crotch of the wearerthereby taking up the fullness and causing the garment toconform to thebody of the wearer. The folding of the extension upon the waist portionon a line transversely of the garment causes the edges around theopening 17, to be drawn toward the longitudinal center line of thegarment and the outer edges of the'garment to project downwardly so thatthe central portion of the garment produces a V-shaped crotch edges ofthe extension together is thereby taken up by these edges around theopening'17 moving inwardly and producing the V-shapcd crotch and therebyproducing a garment which will have a smooth and comfortable fit whichwill conform to the bodyof the wearer.

A flap 20 is sewed to the body portion 10 near the upper edge thereof onthe inner surface of the garment and is provided at its free edge withsnap fasteners 21, 21 for engagement with snap fasteners 22, 22 attachedto the body portion. Another flap 23 is sewed to the lower end 12adjacent the opening 17, and is provided with snap fasteners 24, and 25attached thereto. The flaps 20 and 23 are provided for supporting andholding a pad 26 constructed of suitable absorbent material, such asabsorbent pa or or absorbent paper and cotton. The pa end to fit overthe snap fasteners 21 and 22 and an opening at the other end to receivethe snap fasteners 24: and 25.

The pad 26 is made wide at one end or 105 receptacle of the sack. Anadditional pad 110 g is 1 provided with two opemngs 27, 27 at onecollecting and holding any urine that cannot be retained by theabsorbent'pads. With this garment the pads may be removed when soiledand destroyed or disposed of, and new pads substituted, eliminating theWashing of diaper. napliins.

In making a garment in this manner, there is no binding of the sameaboutthe legs of the infant as when the usual waterproof pants are employedas the body and legs of the infant are' covered with a fabric or clothbody- 10, andthe sack 18 is prevented from contacting with the body bythe pad 26, so that a perfectly comfortable garment is provided and bywhich the disadvantages of the air-tight and waterproof garmentsgenerally employed are overcome.

lhe sack 18 is made removable so that the garment may be laundered andthe sack washed as each require difi'erent methods of cleansing toprevent the destruction of the it be so desired.

Lemma waterproof material from which the sack is constructed.

It is to be understood that the diaper napkin maybe used in connectionwith the garment in lieu of the absorbent pad should 1 Having describedmy invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentis:

A garment comprising abody portion made in two longitudinal sections,and means connecting the inner edges of the sec tions together forforming a waist portion and an extension, said body having anopeningformed therein between the waist portion and the extension andadapted to receive a sack, the inner edges of the sections of theextension being cut on an angle with respect to the inner;edges, of thesections of the waist portion for producing a fullness in the garmentwhenattached together between the waist portion and the extension, saidextension being laid upon the waist portion and attached thereto andcausing the inner edges of the sections through the center of thegarment to be drawn inwardly for taking up the fullness and producing aninverted V-shaped crotch below the waist portion of the garment.-

ELI M. HQUSEKNEOHT.

